anything can happen on land
The waters of the Worm Sea are beautiful and majestic, but they're also full of dangers.
Little Circle attends to the needs of the
Tanuli and the creatures it depends on, but that also includes creatures on land. These brave nurses venture forth from the sea and take with them their medical knowledge and skill all the way to the deepest parts of the swamps and rainforests of the
Circle archipelagos
patients
The primary patients of amphibious nurses are aquatic creatures who have been stranded after large tidal waves. Storms can regularly upturn creatures onto the beaches if they aren't careful. Rarer, amphibious creatures on their first expeditions onto land can be troublesome as well, as they often aren't prepared and can start to dry out if there's a dry day on the jungle floor. Rarer still are full-time land-dwelling creatures who need regular preventive care.
duties
Amphibious nurses perform the following tasks, among others. These tasks are performed alone or with other amphibious nurses. Some specialize in different aspects of the job, especially nurses who engage more in analysis and research. They may not practice medicine in the field, but they advance knowledge about the functioning of animal bodies.
- Performing medical exams
- Treating wounds
- Responding to emergency situations
- Administering medical tests
- Observing and analyzing behavior
- Participating in scientific research
techniques
Traditional wet medicine wound care relies on adhesive waterproof compounds to apply medication, and amphibious nurses use that technique as well. Even if patients aren't immediately getting into the water, any rain or travel through the wetlands could cause a topical treatment to come off.
Because amphibious nurses are outside of an aquatic environment but treat creatures who need a lot of water, the primary form of medical care is with dips and baths. Depending on the size and location of the patient, nurses will use rods of various sizes to construct perimeters to fill with water. Magic and prayers to Little Circle fill the container with the appropriate kind of water (salt or fresh, etc.). Once there is the correct kind of water, nurses will add medication to it in the form of powder or fluid and then instruct the patient to get into the medicated tub. "Dips" are short, less than 15 minutes or so, and "baths" are for more extended period of time.
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